> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
> From: kaustubh mendki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I am trying a simple program to get MD5 hash of
> any string.The program is as follows:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include "openssl/md5.h"
>
> int main()
> {
> unsigned char var[]="k.";
> unsigned char *op;
>
> op = MD5(var,strlen(var),NULL);
> printf("\nHash= %s\tLen= %d",op, strlen(op));
> return 0;
> }
>
> I compiled it with: gcc -lcrypto -o try try.c
> The above code is returning empty hash with 0 length.
> But with strings like ".", "k.a" this code is
> working properly.
>
> Can anyone throw light on it?
Hashes are not printable C strings. They are byte arrays. Thus,
printf and strlen will both fail.
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